“We ran a regression of the forecasted Fed funds rate onto forecasted inflation and forecasted output relative to potential… on this different data, forward-looking data.”
Carolin Pflueger and co-authors · Odd Lots · Why Treasuries Are 'Risky' Again
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What was described
Measured the market’s perceived policy reaction function by regressing forecasted Fed funds rates on forecasted inflation and output from a panel of 30-50 professional forecasters
Said nearby on the same subject
“You can run this regression of how much do yields change onto what's the inflation surprise on that day… gives another way of getting a perceived reaction function.”
“The perceived reaction function that we saw at that time was extremely flat… even in May 2021 a half-percent inflation surprise… the two-year rate didn't move.”